Forbes Athletic Field

Saturday: Caledonian (Scottish) Rules

Heavy Athletics 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Caber Toss - after 12 noon

Sunday: Hibernian (Irish) Rules

Heavy Athletics 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Caber Toss - after 12 noon

The Wisconsin Highland Games attract professional and amateur Highland athletes from around the world, from Olympians, national champions, and world record holders to local amateurs.

The weekend is divided into Caledonian (Scottish) events on Saturday, and Hibernian (Irish) events on Sunday. The two versions of heavy athletics differ sometimes in the equipment used, sometimes in the rules, and sometimes both, for a particular event.

The most popular event is Turning the Caber, in which athletes heave a log and attempt to rotate it so it lands at 12:00 in front of them. At the end of each day, athletes try a special challenge round turning the "Badger Stick", a giant 141-pound, 16-foot 8-½-inch caber!

Other events include throwing weights and stones for distance, weight toss for height (tossing over a suspended bar), the sheaf toss (tossing a sack of hay with a pitchfork), and the hammer throw.

Wisconsin Scottish, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the traditional arts, crafts, culture, heritage and traditions of the British Isles through educational activities and the production of our annual Wisconsin Highland Games. The Wisconsin Highland Games and our benefit concerts provide a forum for traditional artists and athletes, both professional and amateur, to inform, educate, entertain and compete, helping create an environment where their arts and abilities may be widely appreciated.